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- English Word Snake Definition To crawl like a snake.
- English Word Snake's-head Definition The Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.
- English Word Snake's-tongue Definition Same as Adder's-tongue.
- English Word Snakebird Definition Any one of four species of aquatic birds of the genus Anhinga or Plotus. They are allied to the gannets and cormorants, but have very long, slender, flexible necks, and sharp bills.
- English Word Snakebird Definition The wryneck.
- English Word Snaked Definition of Snake
- English Word Snakefish Definition The band fish.
- English Word Snakefish Definition The lizard fish.
- English Word Snakehead Definition A loose, bent-up end of one of the strap rails, or flat rails, formerly used on American railroads. It was sometimes so bent by the passage of a train as to slip over a wheel and pierce the bottom of a car.
- English Word Snakehead Definition The turtlehead.
- English Word Snakehead Definition The Guinea-hen flower. See Snake's-head, and under Guinea.
- English Word Snakeneck Definition The snakebird, 1.
- English Word Snakeroot Definition Any one of several plants of different genera and species, most of which are (or were formerly) reputed to be efficacious as remedies for the bites of serpents; also, the roots of any of these.
- English Word Snakestone Definition A kind of hone slate or whetstone obtained in Scotland.
- English Word Snakestone Definition An ammonite; -- so called from its form, which resembles that of a coiled snake.
- English Word Snakeweed Definition A kind of knotweed (Polygonum Bistorta).
- English Word Snakeweed Definition The Virginia snakeroot. See Snakeroot.
- English Word Snakewood Definition An East Indian climbing plant (Strychnos colubrina) having a bitter taste, and supposed to be a remedy for the bite of the hooded serpent.
- English Word Snakewood Definition An East Indian climbing shrub (Ophioxylon serpentinum) which has the roots and stems twisted so as to resemble serpents.
- English Word Snakewood Definition Same as Trumpetwood.
- English Word Snakewood Definition A tropical American shrub (Plumieria rubra) which has very fragrant red blossoms.
- English Word Snakewood Definition Same as Letterwood.
- English Word Snaking Definition of Snake
- English Word Snakish Definition Having the qualities or characteristics of a snake; snaky.
- English Word Snaky Definition Of or pertaining to a snake or snakes; resembling a snake; serpentine; winding.
- English Word Snaky Definition Sly; cunning; insinuating; deceitful.
- English Word Snaky Definition Covered with serpents; having serpents; as, a snaky rod or wand.
- English Word Snap Definition To break at once; to break short, as substances that are brittle.
- English Word Snap Definition To strike, to hit, or to shut, with a sharp sound.
- English Word Snap Definition To bite or seize suddenly, especially with the teeth.